mam

See also: Mam, mám, mắm, m-am, and maṃ

English

Etymology

Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Old Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”). Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.

Noun

mam (plural mams)

1. (informal and colloquial) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.

Usage notes

• Used in place of mum or ma in Scotland, Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool, and the South Wales valleys; the Welsh word for mother is mam.

See also

• ma'am

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]

Anagrams

• MMA

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English ma'am, contraction of madam.

Noun

mam

1. An address to a female superior.
2. An address to a female teacher.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑm/

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• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

mam f (plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)

1. mother

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Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old Irish muimme (“foster mother”), Proto-Celtic *mammā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mˠamˠ]

Noun

mam f (genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)

1. mam, mum, mom

Declension

Declension of mam

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mam mamanna Vocative a mham a mhamanna Genitive maime mamanna Dative mam mamanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mham na mamanna Genitive na maime na mamanna Dative leis an mam don mham leis na mamanna

Synonyms

• maime
• mamaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mam	mham	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mam]

Verb

mam

1. first-person singular present of měś

Derived terms

• mamk a hamk

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Luxembourgish

Contraction

mam

1. contraction of mat + dem; with the

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North Frisian

Etymology

Cognates include West Frisian mem.

Noun

mam f (plural mamen)

1. (Mooring, Föhr-Amrum) mother

   mam an aatj

   mother and father

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam/

Verb

mam

1. first-person singular present of mieć

Verb

mam

1. second-person singular imperative of mamić

Noun

mam f

1. genitive plural of mama

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

mam (Cyrillic spelling мам)

1. (Kajkavian) right now
2. (Kajkavian) immediately

Related terms

• odmah

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Spanish

Adjective

mam m or f (masculine and feminine plural mames)

1. Mam (of or pertaining to the Mam people)

Noun

mam m (uncountable)

1. Mam (language)

mam m or f (plural mam or mames)

1. Mam

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mammā, a baby talk word replacing Proto-Celtic *mātīr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam/

• Audio:

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Noun

mam f (plural mamau)

1. mother
2. ancestress
3. dam
4. queen bee

Coordinate terms

• mab (“son”)
• merch (“daughter”)
• tad (“father”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mam	fam	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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Wemba-Wemba

Noun

mam

1. father